Hornillos-Obra UTE
Hornillos-Obra UTE is a corporation of firms, acting on behalf of the organization
Entidad Metropolitana para el Tratamiento de Residuos (EMTRE), that has been
appointed to implement the construction of a waste treatment plant in
Valencia. The aim is the recycling of the various products of municipal waste
(glass, paper, cardboard, plastics, metals and others) and the composting of the
organic material. Finally the plant will be processing 680,000 tonne of waste per
year. Christiaens Group has been approached to provide an automatic loading and
unloading system for the 25 composting tunnels. The loading system consists of
filling conveyors with an overhead filling unit, while the unloading system utilises
the patented Christy-floor (walking floor) system in conjunction with a Christiaens
pulling winch and discharge conveyors. The composting in the tunnels commenced
during early May 2009.
